Upcoming Exhibitions

Heroes of Horticulture

July 31, 2009 - September 27, 2009
Mary and Charlie Babcock Wing Gallery

In the summer of 2007, a curatorial team from George Eastman House invited twelve photographers to photograph the sites designated by The Cultural Landscape Foundation as their 2007 Landslide landscapes—with this year's thematic spotlight on Heroes of Horticulture. The photographs made for this project serve multiple purposes: they document a project; they record and illustrate the astonishing specimen trees, groves, allées and plant collections that the Cultural Landscape Foundation deems unique and character-defining to a region: and, for most of us, this is the only way we will experience the subjects and places depicted. However, these photographs are more than simple records of facts. They are collaborations with artists that have yielded compelling interpretations of extraordinary places.

Heroes of Horticulture was organized by George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in collaboration with The Cultural Landscape Foundation. Reynolda House received support for the exhibition from The Ecology Wildlife Foundation.

LOCAL HEROES OF HORTICULTURE
Photography Contest

Read about the exhibition in the Winston-Salem Journal

IMAGE CREDITS (from top)
John Divola (American, b. 1949), MORETON BAY FIG TREES (FICUS MACROPHYLLA), LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, HP Vivera Pigment on Crane Museo and Epson Ultrachrome Pigment on Crane Museo, 24 x 30 inches, © John Divola, courtesy George Eastman House; Mark Klett, (American, b. 1952), DESERT IRONWOOD TREE (OLNEYA TESOTA),TUCSON, ARIZONA, Digital inkjet prints, © Mark Klett, courtesy George Eastman House; Roger Bruce, (American, b. 1946), TREE PEONY COLLECTION, PAVILION, NEW YORK, Digital inkjet print, 8 x 10 inches, © Roger Bruce, courtesy George Eastman House; Mathew Keefe (American b. 1983), BUR OAK TREE (QUERCUS MACROCARPA MICHAUX), DEARBORN, MICHIGAN, Digital inkjet print, 16 x 20 inches, © Mathew Keefe, courtesy George Eastman House; Eli Reed (American, b. 1946), LIVE OAK TREE ALLÉE (QUERCUS VIRGINIANA), HOUSTON, TEXAS, Digital Inkjet prints, 20 x 24 inches, © Eli Reed, courtesy George Eastman House.